Spectator 2608 - Support By Cheesecracker

[Matakari]

Good afternoon, this week’s Spectator offering is far from being tender for me. Hints would be appreciated for the following, thank you.

(Ten symmetrically placed un-clued lights can be entered given consistent support. )

27a Group of stars missing king’s refined irony (7) A??????
34a Late birds dance without it (5) ???T?
35a Conservative avoiding dirty red (5) ??D??

4d They repeat base tasks with delayed runs (7) : ?CHO??L
15d Old German crosses Westminster court (2,4) : A?W???
20d Unknown gunk over E. coli loosely related to mass of bacteria (9) : ?Y?G?????
26d Seabird found by sailor on boulder (7) : ?A???C?
28d Smooth expert nets fish (4,3) : ?????A? ( SAND DAB )

[Maxxer]

34a 't' is incorrect
35a Conservative = c Definition is 'red'
4d 'l' is incorrect
15d 'a' is incorrect
28d correct. smooth (vb) to sand expert = dab

[Neveracrossword]

Jazzgirl at 13.50- yes, I too miss Klazo. We had some great chats and I was also delighted when he took om the mentor mantle!

[scorpiojo]

What a shame :-(